May 2015
Volume 47, Number 4
This issue features four Pittcon reviews highlighting advances in mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy and separations. In addition is an article on the criticality of rapid response to public health threats due to food adulteration, and one on thin-layer chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of individual spots on a TLC plate.
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Table of Contents
Steve Ernst
Energy—its sourcing, use and impact—is arguably one of the most pressing concerns on the planet. If those scientists who are most concerned are as accurate as they are numerous, global warming,
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Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
After 50 years of uninterrupted growth, separation science, while showing signs of maturity, is still enabling significant advances in environmental research, in the so-called “’omics” sector and in ...
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Alex L. Brandt
It was late summer 2008 in China, and Beijing was abuzz as it prepared to host the Summer Olympic Games. However, just as the nation was gearing up to take center stage in one of the brightest moments...
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Brian Musselman
Mass spectrometry carried the day at Pittcon 2015, garnering both the Gold and Silver Editors’ Awards. This is remarkable, considering that neither the PerkinElmer nor Waters mass spectrometers were ...
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Changtong Hao, Nigel Sousou, Daniel Eikel, Jack Henion
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is a planar chromatographic technique used to separate the components of a mixture by employing a thin stationary phase supported by an inert backing. It can be ...
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Matt Wilkinson
Optical spectroscopy has seen a renaissance of sorts, with instrument development being driven in two distinct directions. Miniaturized, portable and handheld spectrometers have enabled users to take ...
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Marian Nardozzi
Each year, Pittcon typically attracts approximately 150 media representatives from around the world. And each year, the assembled media representatives gather to vote on the prestigious Editors’
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Gretchen Shearer
Adulteration and contamination are ongoing concerns in the food and beverage industry, as they can result in unsafe products and damage brand integrity. Small particulate or light filth contamination
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William Lipps
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry has made it possible to run large numbers of components in a single sample injection. The GC/MS methods introduced in the late 1960s and early 1970s for ...
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Emilia Raszkiewicz
This article details the various techniques for which gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) finds application. A brief history of GC/MS development is followed by a description of the ...
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Emilia Raszkiewicz
Multiwell plates, or microplates, are an important fixture in the clinical, analytical and molecular biology laboratory for conducting assays such as ELISAs. When selecting a microplate, the user ...
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